em>Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison! ART OF TRANSIT: The view down to Fifth Street from the Bunker Hill Steps in downtown Los Angeles, via Metro’s Instagram account. Century City tower site [continue reading]
The Crenshaw/LAX Transit Corridor Project team today released the latest project map of the 8.5-mile rail line, which includes official names of the eight new stations: Expo/Crenshaw, Crenshaw/Martin Luther King, Crenshaw/Vernon (Leimert Park), Crenshaw/Slauson, Florence/West, Florence/La Brea, Florence/Hindry and Aviation/Century. The Crenshaw/LAX line will serve the Crenshaw Corridor, Inglewood, Westchester [continue reading]
Metro today provided the agency’s staff recommendation for a contractor to build the 8.5-mile Crenshaw/LAX Line. Staff is recommending a contract in the amount of $1,272,632,356 to Walsh/Shea Corridor Constructors. The contract includes stations at Leimert Park and Hindry that were approved last month by the Metro Board of Directors. [continue reading]
Stations at Leimert Park Village and at Hindry and Florence avenues near Westchester for the Crenshaw/LAX Line light rail project were funded today by the Metro Board of Directors, ending a two-year long controversy over whether the stops would be built. The vote was 10 to 1. The motion [continue reading]
This Monday, May 6th, is the end of the scoping period for the East San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor. Scoping is the first stage of environmental review which means this is your opportunity to help shape the study that is evaluating light rail and bus rapid transit options for the [continue reading]
Here’s the news from an email from Habib Balian, the CEO of the Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority, the agency building the 11.5-mile extension of the Gold Line from Pasadena to the Azusa/Glendora border: This morning, the City of Arcadia hosted a ground breaking ceremony for the Santa [continue reading]
East San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor scoping meeting PowerPoint by sourcemetro There is one more community meeting this month for the East San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor project: Wednesday, March 27, 2013, 4-6 pm Marvin Braude Constituent Service Center 6262 Van Nuys Boulevard Van Nuys, CA 91401 Validated Parking available [continue reading]
Big Blue Bus & the Expo Line I plucked the above power point from the Westside/Central Service Council agenda — it explains the process that Santa Monica’s Big Blue Bus [BBB] will use to eventually integrate service with the Expo Line when the project is completed all the way to [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the Library’s Headlines blog, which you can also access via email subscription or RSS feed. Ten reasons to salute Los Angeles’ transportation future (L.A. Times) This slideshow on the [continue reading]
Working with the cities of Los Angeles and San Fernando, Metro is studying north-sound transit improvements in the San Fernando Valley, mostly along Van Nuys Boulevard. Among the options being studied are bus rapid transit and light rail (all four of the alternatives are below). Here’s a recent [continue reading]
